Interviews – Brian May

It’s not often that the members of legendary rock band Queen are caught talking about he day-to-day details of being the super-group that they are.

Hollywood threw a big Queen bash, with fire-eaters and fireworks, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach last weekend, the first volley in what Hollywood hopes will be a successful attempt to revive Queen’s US career.

A year in the making, “The Miracle” marks the first time in the group`s 18-year history that all tracks have been written jointly by all four members, and the result is one of the band`s most cohesive efforts.

In between sessions for the latest Queen offering, Brian kindly took time to speak about his work both outside and within the framework of Queen. With the sound of the other chaps rehearsing in the next studio, Brian was enthusiastic about Queen’s return to recording after a long break. What had he himself been doing during this period?

In an effort to take their music to the culture starved youth of the world. Queen visit Hungary for the world premier of the film the made there, Magic: Queen In Budapest. Brian May explains the reason for their crusade and how they’ve managed to survive so long.

American guitar makers, Guild have got together with Queen’s Brian May to build a replica of his famous home made guitar

On Monday 25th February 1985 at 3pm, Brian presented a two hour show on London’s “Capital Radio” as a guest DJ.

For Brian May, 1984 is a very good year. Queens 13th album, The Works, is an international triumph, voiding all the bad vibes from its misunderstood predecessor, Hot Space.

One of the guitars great individualists, Queen’s Brian May talks to Steven Rosen during Los Angeles studio sessions for the bands latest album.

Star Fleet Project, a three-cut mini-album credited to Brian May & Friends, documents the rare airing of two rock’s foremost guitarist in an informal jam setting

Most of the guitarists in this series have been players, who although performing with the support of other musicians, have been essentially soloists around whom bands have been built.

Brian May’s quiet, gentlemanly nature offstage gives little hint of the flash he delivers onstage when Queen emerges through billowing smoke and kaleidoscope lighting to the cheers of thousands.

Onstage and on record, Brian May creates an amazing array of tones – from the thunderous counterpoint lines in “Brighton Rock” to the slick, rockabilly-influenced fills in “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”.

It was long time ago. I went to Islas Canarias to study and there I couldn’t communicate with people in English, so I had to learn some Spanish from them. The funniest thing is that I did it through records…

Queen has never been a band to do things in a predictable way. Take the exclusive party that followed the foursome’s final evening of Madison Square Garden shows on September 30. Serving cocktails was a bevy of luscious waitresses wearing tight stockings, high-heeled shoes, oh-so-brief bikini bottoms. . . and nothing else.